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Meaning of 'passion'
Meaning of 'passion' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Passion 
[ n.]
- A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any
suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the
suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death,
esp. in the garden upon the cross. [ n.]- The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.
- Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
- The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
- Disorder of the mind; madness.
- Passion week. See Passion week, below.
2. Passion [ v. i.]
- To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to
be extremely agitated. [ v. i.]3. Passion [ v. t.]
- To give a passionate character to. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'passion' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. passion [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- something that is desired intensely
- something that is desired intensely
Example in sentence:
- his rage for fame destroyed him
Meaning (2):
- any object of warm affection or devotion
- any object of warm affection or devotion
Example in sentence:
- he has a passion for cock fighting;
- the theater was her first love
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